Kenya: DCI Agents Arrest Suspect Behind Fake Tantalum Minerals Consignment

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Detectives in Nairobi have apprehended a prime suspect implicated in a Sh 151 million Tantalum mineral export scam to China.

Agents attached to the Operations Support Unit of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations nabbed Ulundu Patrick Lumumba, alias Gabriel Kulonda, along Harambee Avenue after arriving in the country from Entebbe, Uganda, on Friday morning.

Lumumba stands accused of defrauding a Chinese national of Sh151 million after one container declared to contain tantalum minerals was opened in China, only to be found loaded with drums of sand. In Mombasa, Detectives discovered three additional containers containing sand, declared as Tantalum minerals.

The agency disclosed that the 40ft container had passed all verification processes without proper documentation.

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